Revision 1 EXERCISE I : Rewrite the following sentences using USED TO : 1) I walked to work. I used _________________________________________________________________ 2) I never made so many mistakes. I never used _____________________________________________________________ 3) The accounting department was on the 18 th floor. The accounting department used _______________________________________ 4) Tom was a good employee and worked hard. Tom used _______________________________________________________________ 5) I bought all my clothes in that store. I used __________________________________________________________________ 6) This building was occupied by a large insurance firm. This building used _______________________________________________________ 7) She often played with dolls when she was a little girl. She used ________________________________________________________________ 8) There were some trees in this field. There used ______________________________________________________________ 9) He never did his work poorly. He never used ___________________________________________________________ 10) He took a great interest in his piano lessons. He used ________________________________________________________________ TEST 1 I. PRONUNCIATION : Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. a. some b. come c. lost d. among 2. a. cave b. quay c. hay d. date 3. a. sign b. idea c. king d. kind 4. a. advertise b. advise c. revise d. practise 5. a. cry b. sky c. happy d. reply II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION : Choose the most suitable word or phrase. 1. Industry has grown quickly in our country. a. turned on b. developed c. opened d. lengthened 2. When you travel in the streets, pay attention to traffic ______. a. scenes b. sights c. signs d. sighs 3. The cinema was full of people. a. keen on b. fond of c. familiar with d. packed with 4. A _______ is a boy who sells newspapers. a. newsboy b. news c. newboy d. new boy 5. Most children like cartoons. a. documentary films b. love stories c. comic strips d. training films 6. Milk _______ are very necessary for growing children. a. power b. drink c. products d. dishes 7. A/ An _______ monument has just been discovered in our town. a. modern b. ancient c. unfashionable d. fashionable 8. We do not do much _______ with foreign companies. a. contract b. bargain c. barter d. business 9. The weather became so bad that the climbers had to _______. a. turn back b. turn on c. turn out d. turn up 10. Cigarette _______ should be banned. a. advertise b. advertisement c. advertising d. advertisers 11. It’s no _______ buying those things. a. use b. useful c. useless d. used 12. Can you please help me _______ my homework. 1 a. for b. with c. in d. of 13. She dropped the vase and it broke _______ pieces. a. in b. off c. over d. into 14. Every day we see and hear a great deal of _______ advertising. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 15. All different advertisements have _______ same purpose. a. a b. an c. the d. no article III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE : Choose the best word, phrase or sentence. 1. You have already read this ad, _______. a. aren’t you b. haven’t you c. don’t you d. didn’t you 2. Mary is _______ in our class. a. prettier b. more pretty c. most pretty d. the prettiest 3. Do you hear the vendor _______ about his wares ? a. to shout b. shouted c. shouting d. all are correct 4. Sometimes, we cannot buy the right thing that we want _______ advertisements. a. because of b. because c. although d. since 5. I have just bought two new cars, _______ is economical, but _______ is not. a. some / others b. some / other c. one / the others d. one / the other 6. Thanks to advertisements, things cost _______. a. the less b. less c. the more less d. little 7. The more manufacturers advertise, _______ they sell. a. the most products b. the products more c. the more products d. most products 8. I found _______. a. it interesting to watch a comic strip b. interesting it is to watch a comic strip c. to watch an interesting comic strip d. it interesting a comic strip to watch 9. “We must be there on time.” means _______. a. To be there on time is important b. Being there on time is important c. It is important to be there on time d. All are correct 10. It is essential he _______ hard for the exam. a. study b. studies c. studying d. studied 11. The book I have just bought and the book which is on the shelf are _______. a. like b. likely c. alike d. same 12. _______ students are studying while others are playing. a. almost b. some c. any d. much 13. Mary wants _______ sugar and milk to make a cake. a. any b. many c. some d. few 14. After _______, she invited the audience to ask questions. a. he finish b. finished c. he will finish d. finishing 15. We had to delay our trip because _______. a. the rain b. it was raining c. rain d. it will rain Rewrite each of the following sentences 1. Tom is sorry that he didn’t watch the football match last night. - Tom wishes ________________________________________________________________________ 2. The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it - Yesterday we did ___________________________________________________________________ 3. “How many students are there in your class ?” - The man asked me __________________________________________________________________ 4. “You should go to the lecture” - The teacher advised us _______________________________________________________________ 5. Betty can’t go to your party because you don’t invite her. - If_________________________________________________________________________________ TEST 2 A. PRONUNCIATION : Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently 1.a. deaf b. dead c. meat d. bread 2.a. fine b. thick c. sit d. bin 3.a. song b. wrong c. sorrow d. two 4.a. escaped b. stimulated c. cooked d. finished 5.a. photographers b. mechanics c. scientists d. cooks 2 Rewrite these sentences, 1/ “You’d better not lend him any more money, Elizabeth”, said John. John advised________________________________________________________ 2/Mary didn’t apply for the job in the library and regrets it now. Mary wishes________________________________________________________ 3/ We got lost because we didn’t have a map. If_________________________________________________________________ 4/ It was such a good book that I couldn’t put it down. The book was _______________________________________________________ 5/ He lives on his own and he’s used to it. -He’s used to________________________________________________________. 6/ He did that exercise in an hour. - He spent __________________________________________________________ 7/. He is sorry that he worked for that company. - He wishes _________________________________________________________. 8/ The taxi got stuck in a traffic tram. Susan missed her flight. - If ________________________________________________________________. 9/ My teacher asked me ,” Where did you go last night ? “ - My teacher asked ___________________________________________________. 10/ The story was crazy. Nobody believed it. -It was such _________________________________________________________ 11/ He was too poor to pay his debt. -He was not _________________________________________________________ 12/ The weather was so cold that we didn’t go out. → It ________________________________________________________________ 13.The taxi got stuck in a traffic tram. Susan missed her flight. - If _________________________________________________________________. 14/ The homework is so long that I can’t finish it. → It ________________________________________________________________ 15/ We needed two days to paint the house. - We spent __________________________________________________________ 16/My father doesn’t drink wine any more. -My father used_______________________________________________________. 17. “How many students are there in your class ?” - The man asked me ___________________________________________________ 18 /The car is too expensive for him to buy. -He isn’t _____________________________________________________________ 19/People drive very fast, that’s why there are so many accidents. If___________________________________________________________________ 20/ The sudden noise caused me to jump. - The sudden noise made ___________________________________-___________ Identify an underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: 1. If forests had not been destroyed, there will have been no floods. a b c d 2. Most of the films made for entertainment. a b c d 3. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we 3 a b c stop having lunch. d 4. The artist whom pictures we saw yesterday is also a concert pianist. a b c d 5. Although I am not interested in mathematics but I try my best to get good marks. a b c d 6. He tried to explain, but she refused listening. a b c d 7. When Barbara was in Italy, she was used to stay with an Italian family. a b c d 8. I would rather be unemployed than working in that factory. a b c d 9. I never have read such a good book before. a b c d 10.Thanks to the invention of computers, we do not have to work as hard like we used to. a b c d Rewrite the following sentences as the directed: 1/ The room was so dark that I couldn’t see anything. - It ________________________________________________________-________ 2/ He spent the whole morning writing the composition. - It took ____________________________________________________________ 3/ They finished their work in three days. -It _________________________________________________________________ 4/He was too poor to pay his debt. -He was not _________________________________________________________ 5/ She didn’t eat anything because she wasn’t hungry. -If __________________________________________________________________ 6/ He is sorry that he didn't work for that company. - He wishes __________________________________________________________. 7/ Tom said : “I’m feeling ill.” - Tom said that _______________________________________________________ - 8/She often played with dolls when she was a little girl. - She used ____________________________________________________________ 9/ The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it - Yesterday we did _____________________________________________________ 10/ The car is so old that he can’t drive it. → It ________________________________________________________________ 11/ Bill is not old enough to drive a car. - Bill is too ___________________________________________________________ 12/ He liked going to football matches when he was a boy. - He used ____________________________________________________________. 13/ It didn’t rain, so my vegetables in the garden could not grow well - If __________________________________________________________________ 14/My father said I could use his car. - My father allowed ____________________________________________________ 15/ It rained all the time. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t enjoy his visit. If ___________________________________________________________________ 16. I am too young to play this kind of sport. - I am so ______________________________________________________________ 17/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. - The bag was too_______________________________________________________ 4 18/ We spent a day cleaning the house. - It ____________________________________________________________________ 19/ I bought all my clothes in that store. -I used _________________________________________________________________ 20/ I didn’t see the signal, so I didn’t stop. -If _____________________________________________________________________ TEST 3 I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. silent B. thriller C. film D. situation 2. A. opened B. hoped C. brushed D. cooked 3. A. share B. where C. fear D. wear 4. A. park B. cave C. nation D. locate 5. A. makers B. cinemas C. photograghs D. films II. Identify the one underlined word or phrase – A, B, C or D – that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. 6. The children are only allowed watching television on the weekend. A B C D 7. We are going to study tonight until we will finish this chapter. A B C D 8. We gave Nick a map so that he will be able to find the way all right. A B C D 9. They let me to borrow their car while they were on holiday. A B C D 10. Despite she is poor she always buys me a birthday present. A B C D 11. What do you use to do when you felt afraid ? a b c d 12. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words. a b c d 13. Lake Superior, that lies on the US-Canadian border, is the largest lake in North America a b c d 14. I’ve been studying French since I’ve started high school. a b b d 15. I decided to change jobs because my boss made me working overtime. a b c d III. Rewrite these sentences as directed in paretheses : 16. I am too young to play this kind of sport. -I am so __________________________________________________________ 17. He isn’t strong enough to carry the table upstairs. - He is so _________________________________________________________ 19. Let’s go to the restaurant this evening. - I suggest _________________________________________________________ 20.Can you pass me the magazine? -Would you mind ___________________________________________________ 21.The film was long. She couldn’t see it through -The film was too____________________________________________________ 22.He ran quickly enough to catch me. -He ran so _________________________________________________________. 23.My father often walked along that river, but now he doesn’t any more. -My father used _____________________________________________________ 24. I go to school by bicycle in ten minutes. - It takes ___________________________________________________________ 25 He did that exercise in an hour. -It took _____________________________________________________________ 5 26. He spends one hour reading newspapers. -It takes ______________________________________________________________ 27. I need fifteen minutes to get to the post office. -It takes _____________________________________________________________ 28. He spent the whole morning writing the composition. -It took ______________________________________________________________ 29. Ann said to Bill : “Don’t forget to have your appoinment with Mr.Brown.” - Ann reminded _______________________________________________________ 30/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. - The bag was too _____________________________________________________ 31/ He expects to hear from her as soon as possible. - He is looking forward _________________________________________________ 32/It’s not a good idea to travel during the rush hour. - It’s better to avoid___________________________________________________ 33/ He liked going to football matches when he was a boy. He used _________________________________________________________ 34/ She spent three days reading this novel. It took __________________________________________________________. 35/ Jane isn’t strong enough to carry that box Jane is too _______________________________________________________ 36/ The sudden noise caused me to jump. - The sudden noise made _____________________________________________ 37/My father said I could use his car. - My father allowed ____________________________________________________ 38/ The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. - The bag was too_______________________________________________________ 39/ She doesn’t usually stay up late. - She is not used_________________________________________________________ 40/ Nobody can solve this problem. - This problem____________________________________________________________ 41/ They missed their plan because they got in the bad traffic - If _____________________________________________________________________ 42/ It didn’t rain, so my vegetables in the garden could not grow well - If _____________________________________________________________________ 43/ The party was so wonderful that we didn’t want to leave -It was _________________________________________________________________ 44/ I regret not to tell her the truth yesterday. - I wish _________________________________________________________________ 45/ It was such a boring film that they left in the middle -The film________________________________________________________________ 46/ That scientific discovery was so important that it has affected every man’s way of life. - That was such _________________________________________________________ 47/. He is too young to ride a motorbike. - He isn’t_______________________________________________________________ 48/. The bag was so heavy that she couldn’t carry it upstairs. - The bag was too _______________________________________________________ 49/. He expects to hear from her as soon as possible. - He is looking forward ___________________________________________________ 50/ The car is too expensive for him to buy. - He isn’t _____________________________________________________________ 6